MANAR OR MANARA, THE ARABIC WORDS

QUTUB MINAR
MEANING EITHER "PLACE OF FIRE" (NAR OR
“PLACE OF LIGHT“ NUR. MINARET IS ONE OF
THE POPULAR SYMBOLS OF ISLAM BOTH PROJECTED BALCONIES
POLITICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY SUPPORTED BY STONE
BRACKETS SURROUND EACH
AT THE BASE, THE DIAMETER OF THE OF THE STOREYS.
MINARET IS A LITTLE OVER FOURTEEN
METERS AND IT TAPERS TOWARDS THE
TOP, WHERE IT IS ONLY SLIGHTLY UNDER
3 METERS WIDE. IT HAS A CIRCULAR
STAIRWAY MADE OF THREE- HUNDRED- QUTAB MINAR WITH A LENGTH OF
SEVENTY-NINE STEPS TO REACH THE TOP 238 FEET, COMMANDS A PANORAMIC THE STONE BRACKETS
FOR A SPECTACULAR VIEW. THE MINAR VIEW OF THE GREEN FIELDS
COMPRISES OF SEVERAL SUPERIMPOSED ARE DECORATED WITH
FLANGED AND CYLINDRICAL SHAFTS EXTENDING INTO A SPRAWLING CITY HONEYCOMB DESIGN.
SEPARATED BY BALCONIES. OF DELHI.

ALL THE STOREYS HAVE A BALCONY THAT CIRCLES THE MINAR WITH STONE BRACKETS FOR SUPPORT. THE
MINAR IS DECORATED THROUGHOUT WITH FLORAL MOTIFS AND ARABESQUE. ALSO IT BEARS INSCRIPTIONS
THAT ARE VERSES FROM THE KORAN AND MESSAGES FROM THE SULTANS QUTAB MINAR, THE FIRST
MONUMENT OF MUSLIM
RULE IN INDIA,
ALAI DARWAZA HERALDED THE
ILTUTMISH TOMB BEGINNING OF A NEW
STYLE OF ART AND
ARCHITECTURE THAT CAME TO
. IT IS 17.2M BE KNOWN AS THE INDO-ISLAMIC
SQUARE AND IT IS A SIMPLE THE IRON STYLE.
PIERCED BY SQUARE CHAMBER, PILLAR DATES
ACHED COVERED ORIGINALLY BACK TO THE
OPENINGS BY A CIRCULAR DOME 4TH CENTURY
THAT ECHO THAT WAS CARRIED BC.
THE CONTOURS ON A FORM OF
OF THE SQUINCH ARCH
COVERING
DOME
. IT IS MADE OF
RED SAND
STONE,
THE ARCHED SITUATED
ENTRANCES AND JALIS NORTHWEST
ARE DECORATED BY OF THE
FRINGES OF LOTUS MINARET. IT IS
BUDS. A LANDMARK
IN INDO-
THE ARCH TO THE NORTH ISLAMIC
IS SEMICIRCULAR WHILE ARCHITECTURE
THE OTHERS ARE OF
POINTED HORSE SHOE .
SHAPE.

INSIDE IS
IT HAS DECORATED AND
INTRICATE ELABORATED
CARVINGS IN WITH QURANIC
RED VERSES. MARBLE
JALI WORK IN SANDSTONE IS USED IN
THE WINDOWS AND MARBLE. MEHRAB AND
IT HAS RED CENOTAPH.
STONE JALI
SCREENS.

SAHAR ZEHRA
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